Full Text of SR0609 95th General Assembly
SR0609 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Rose Sawako Tani of Lombard, who passed | 4 |
| away on December 19, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Sawako Shigeno was born on February 20, 1917 in | 6 |
| Florin, California, then a farming community outside of | 7 |
| Sacramento; she was the third of six children born to Hikokuma | 8 |
| and Koyoshi Shigeno, who had emigrated from Japan between 1906 | 9 |
| and 1908; because an English name was required to enroll in | 10 |
| public elementary school, an older sister gave her the name, | 11 |
| Rose; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1940, Rose married Henry Nobuo Tani of San | 13 |
| Francisco; soon after the birth of their first son in 1942, the | 14 |
| Tani family, along with over 120,000 Japanese-Americans, was | 15 |
| incarcerated by the United States government, following the | 16 |
| Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; on May 10, 1942, the Tani | 17 |
| family was moved temporarily to Tanforan racetrack, south of | 18 |
| San Francisco; after permanent internment camps were built | 19 |
| around the country, the family was transferred to Topaz | 20 |
| Relocation Center in Utah, where they lived for 16 months; in | 21 |
| 1944 the Evangelical & Reformed Church offered Rose's husband a | 22 |
| job, enabling the family to leave Topaz and move to St. Louis, | 23 |
| Missouri; and
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| WHEREAS, Continued work for the church brought the family | 2 |
| in 1951 to Ridley Park, Pennsylvania and in 1964 to Lombard, | 3 |
| where Rose settled after her husband's death in 1965; and
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| WHEREAS, Throughout her life, Rose was known for her | 5 |
| devotion to her family, her garden, and her church; as a | 6 |
| long-time member of the First Church of Lombard, United Church | 7 |
| of Christ, Rose volunteered in many church programs; she worked | 8 |
| a monthly night shift at PADS, an overnight shelter for | 9 |
| homeless people, up to the time of her death; and
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| WHEREAS, Rose Tani is survived by her four children, | 11 |
| Richard (Ann), Steven (Tricia), Christine, and Daniel (Jane); | 12 |
| her third son, John, died in 1992; she is survived by her | 13 |
| twelve grandchildren, her two great-grandchildren, and one | 14 |
| sister, Nobuko Kawagoye (Mits); therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 16 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 17 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Rose Sawako Tani; and be | 18 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to the family of Rose Sawako Tani as a symbol of our | 21 |
| sincere condolences.
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